Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE COMT was associated with depression following exposure to stressors (chi2=13.05, d.f.=2, p=0.0015) and SERTPR also showed a positive association (chi2=6.70, d.f.=2, p=0.035), mainly among women and among major depressives. 16756688 2007
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) and Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) had been reported to relate to depression but with inconsistent results. 19235787 2009
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE COMT and the DAT regulate dopamine availability in the prefrontal cortex and the striatum, respectively, two key regions recruited during learning, whereas dopamine D1 and D2 receptors are thought to be involved in long-term potentiation and depression, respectively. 26419600 2015
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE COMT and ANKK1 Genetics Interact With Depression to Influence Behavior Following Severe TBI: An Initial Assessment. 27154305 2016
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) rs4680 Val158Met Polymorphism is Associated With Widespread Pressure Pain Sensitivity and Depression in Women With Chronic, but not Episodic, Tension-Type Headache. 30614828 2019
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A meta-analysis study suggested the link between COMT SNPs and MDD risk; in addition, MB membrane-bound (MB-COMT) specific genetic variation was reported that influences predisposition to depression amongst females. 30597299 2019
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease PSYGENET All patients were evaluated by using the Geriatric Depression Scale, disease progression was recorded, and GNβ3 and COMT were genotyped by PCR. 25037115 2014
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although some studies indicate a role for COMT in emotionality, anxiety, and depression in adults, no direct effect or interaction of COMT genotype was observed in this large sample of young children. 18535998 2009
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Although the current study found no association between COMT Val(158)Met polymorphism on a number of clinical neuropsychological tests that are typically found to be sensitive to depression, differential effects of the COMT Val(158)Met polymorphism on dopamine transmission in psychiatric and non-psychiatric populations may be further clarified by clinical research with neuroscience-based paradigms that segregate cognitive tasks into component processes with precise neural substrates, particularly with respect to the complex functions of the prefrontal cortex. 19296553 2009
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE An interaction with catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) has also been proved affecting depression. 26021967 2015
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association study of candidate variants of COMT with neuroticism, anxiety and depression. 18384078 2008
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Both additive interaction (attributable proportion (AP) = 0.56; 95% CI: 0.24-0.90 and synergy index (SI) = 4.39; 1.0-18.7) and multiplicative interaction (log likelihood test p = 0.1) was present between depression and COMT Val<sup>158</sup>Met in predicting risk of later CVD. 30045690 2018
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Brooding rumination and heart rate variability in women at high and low risk for depression: group differences and moderation by COMT genotype. 24661160 2014
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Brooding rumination and heart rate variability in women at high and low risk for depression: group differences and moderation by COMT genotype. 24661160 2014
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE Differential effect of COMT gene methylation on the prefrontal connectivity in subjects with depression versus healthy subjects. 29723539 2018
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of gene polymorphisms on clinical improvement were analyzed with an analysis of variance with each gene (SERTPR, 5-HT(1A) , and COMT) as factors and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression variation from baseline to the end of the treatment as a dependent variable. 21449006 2011
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE FEP patients with depression showed increased COMT expression and decreased NDEL1 expression. 26491028 2016
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE FMR1 gene polymorphisms, dopaminergic (DAT, DRD, COMT), serotonin (5-HTTLPR, HTR1A, HTR2A), interleukins, MCR1, HCN (potassium channel), neurorregulinas, GABAergic (GABA, GAD, DBI) DBI, GABA (Gabra) receptors and GAD genes (GAD1, GAD2) appear to contribute to generate condition of depression or anxiety like. 25106036 2014
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease PSYGENET FMR1 gene polymorphisms, dopaminergic (DAT, DRD, COMT), serotonin (5-HTTLPR, HTR1A, HTR2A), interleukins, MCR1, HCN (potassium channel), neurorregulinas, GABAergic (GABA, GAD, DBI) DBI, GABA (Gabra) receptors and GAD genes (GAD1, GAD2) appear to contribute to generate condition of depression or anxiety like. 25106036 2014
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Further stratification based on gender revealed an isolated effect of the COMT genotype in males (P=0.035) but not in females (P=0.650) in percent reduction in HAM-D(21) scores in the eighth week. 18533273 2009
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Furthermore, the subdivision into two subpopulations, one with normal COMT activity and another with lower COMT activity, did not make it possible to assign a role to the enzyme in the severity of depression. 3478963 1987
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Genotypes for the COMT Val158Met and DRD4 VNTR-48 polymorphisms and TCI Harm Avoidance and MMPI Depression scales' scores were obtained as well. 25011686 2014
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Given the suggested mood enhancing role of estrogens and the higher prevalence of depression in women, we set out to investigate the potential impact of functional COMT genetic variants on depression and anxiety symptoms in a homogeneous female community sample. 23351565 2013
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we sought to examine the independent and joint contributions of low COMT and stress to chronic functional pain and depression at the behavioral and molecular level. 31815911 2019
CUI: C0011570
Disease: Mental Depression
Mental Depression
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, variations in the COMT gene exert complex effects on susceptibility to depression involving various intermediate phenotypes, such as impulsivity and executive function. 23008195 2012